The Salzburg Easter Festival, which ends tonight, achieved an 86 percent attendance, not a total sellout.
But the revenues were tremendous – quarter of a million Euros more than last year, possibly the highest this century.
This was Nikolaus Bachler’s second festival in charge.
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In the 1970s it was 100% sold out.
Yes. They had the best conductor of his time and the second best of the century, after Toscanini.
revenues are good to know, what’s better to know as well are expenses
To think Mozart hated Salzburg so much, he would have been happy to see the transformation today. Ironic a major talent like him was a perpetual freelancer and never was able to land a permanent job.
It wasn’t Salzburg he hated, it was the Prince Archbishop!
Read Mozart’s letters. He hated the whole town of Salzburg!
The Salzburg Easter Festival 2024 featured three sold out performances of La Gioconda with Anna Netrebko and Jonas Kaufmann. Also a recital with Lise Davidsen and Freddie De Tommaso. Excellent talent produces excellent results.
In related news, the latest from Hollywood is a new classical music film to be directed by none other than George Clooney. A lifelong music lover, and nephew of the legendary (and smarter) Rosemary Clooney, George would like now to share his appreciation of the great classical composers.
Very little things are known about the new production. The fact that George is the director has raised not a few eyebrows, since the films he helmed are, truly speaking, not that good. I mean, “Leatherheads”. Seriously? The other ones, while more pretentious, they have been equally goofy.
One thing that is however known, is the title of the new flic: “Syriana Fischer-Dieskau”.